For the first-rate they've done overseeing the Little Rock National Airport, Robert East and Tom Schueck were reappointed to the Little Rock Airport Commission tonight byMayor Mark Stodola and the appointments were confirmed by the City Board of Directors.
The second impulse, after horror, at the assassinations in Arizona had to be, in most places, "Thank goodness it was out there and not here." It could have been, you know.
Sen. Mark Pryor learns quickly and wrongly. Because Arkansas just elected an extreme conservative to join Pryor, the senior senator has decided to go mean himself.
Had we won last week's BCS bowl game, I still would've written an indictment of the BCS this week, so please take only, say, half of this column as my residual bitterness.
William Blackart and Adam Faucett at White Water Tavern, Joe Sundell at Pizza D'Action, Adema at Juanita's, Lucero at Maxine's, Arkansas River Blues Society at Parrot Beach Cafe and more.
I'm going to do my best this year to remember more of what I have to look up so I won't have to look it up. I'm always having to look up something that I looked up a week ago, or five minutes ago.
What a great issue you gave your readers just before Christmas! I don't know which essay to put first, but everything printed on the opinion pages was wise, insightful, and instructive — a home run with all the bases loaded.
The Observer wasn't the only person stopped dead in their tire tracks on Lee Street by the giant rainbow-colored hand giving the peace symbol to the world, nor the only one who photographed it.
Mara Leveritt reports that the Arkansas Department of Correction confiscated 277 contraband cell phones in prison units in 2010, about a quarter of them in the Varner Unit, which operates the top security Supermax Unit.
I haven't even spoken to my friends. I ignored all the teary empty nonsense of postgame coverage. I didn't sign into Twitter for a week. Anyway, the game was on a loop in my head.
Madball at Downtown Music Hall, Reel Big Fish at Juanita's, Honky at Downtown Music Hall, Oaklawn Opening Weekend at the Oaklawn Jockey Club, 'Speech and Debate' opens at The Weekend Theater, Reckless Kelly at Stickyz and Travis Porter at Clear Channel Metroplex.
Restaurants participating in Argenta Restaurant Week are offering special two-course lunches and three-course dinners for $8 and $25, respectively, through Saturday, Jan. 22.
A confession: I plunked down $5 last week when the Megamillions lottery exceeded $300 million. Turns out I was following a well-established national pattern.
That is surely why House Speaker-designate Robert Moore of Arkansas City continues to talk about a highway tax program for this legislative session now upon us.
Noise and lobby intimidation help win political battles, the gun lobby demonstrates. It also might not hurt if the other side shuts up in the face of the gale.
This story from the South Carolina Free Times leaves me speechless. A gun company engraves the words "You lie" on a semi-automatic rifle component, to honor Congressman Joe Wilson for insulting the president of the United States.
A Yahoo article today details the tragic connection Arkansas basketball coach John Pelphrey, Florida's Billy Donovan and Alabama's Anthony Grant share: All three of the coaches, who worked together at Florida in the early and mid-part of last decade, have wives who lost children during childbirth.
Great piece a reader just pointed us to in yesterday's New York Times about Russellville-based Grace Manufacturing, makers of the Microplane line of kitchen tools that've been widely embraced and often rapturously praised within the foodie world.
Lottery commissioners met behind closed doors for over three hours this afternoon to evaluate the performance of Lottery Director Ernie Passailaigue. When the commission finally came out of executive session, Commission Chair Dianne Lamberth said the commission had taken no action.
Searcy rock outfit and winner of Alice 107.7's Battle of the Bands 3 Miles From Providence takes to ASU-Beebe's Owen Center Theater, 7:30 p.m., $10 general, $5 seniors, free for students and faculty.
Little Rock Police report there was a homicide last night at 15000 Chenal Parkway, which Google Maps tells us is The Fountains at Chenal apartment complex.
Morris Holmes will be the LRSD's interim superintendent, replacing Linda Watson, Cynthia Howell reports in this morning's Dem-Gaz (subscription required).
Rep. Clark Hall's (D-Malvern) announcement in yesterday's House State Agencies Committee meeting that he would ban the use of smartphones for sending texts, emails or tweets has caused quite a stir. Hall also raised the question of whether the committee's meetings should be live-streamed using technology that was installed last year at the cost of over $300,000. T
We’ve talked about breakfast at the 24 hour Fort Smith mainstay before, but Benson’s carries a lot more — like appetizers, plate dinners and fried things. And several burgers, too.
Officials at Oaklawn have decided to cancel tomorrow's opening day program due to the weather and track conditions. Racing will begin on Saturday instead.
After 20+ years of making music around town, Little Rock mainstay Marcus Lowe released his first solo album, "What Even Is That?," for free on Soundcloud.
HB1063, which would have given judges a 1.86 percent pay raise - salaries for legislators and those in the executive branch were not increased - has been sent back to the Joint Budget Committee.
Mike Ross signed a letter today, part of an effort led by Sen. Mark Udall, D-Colorado, to call for bipartisan seating during the president's State of the Union address.
Max here, in Singapore, where a check of my email includes a note from Mayor Mark Stodola in response to my post on the city board's celebration of the fine job of the Airport Commission the other night in the confirmation of Stodola's reappointment of Bob East and Tom Schueck to five more years on the body.
Republican Rep. Denny Altes, Cowboy-Fort Smith, tells the Democrat-Gazette that he believes Arkansas currently allows for open-carry for handguns because of a state statute that say that's it's a "defense to a prosecution" if a person is packing while on "a journey."
The Sierra club and the Hempstead County Hunting Club, who have both fought SWEPCO's John W. Turk coal-fired power plant tooth-and-nail since the beginning, have filed an appeal with the Arkansas Court of Appeals to challenge the plant's air permit.
HB 1043 would ban stores from providing one-time use shopping bags to customers in an effort to encourage the use of reusable bags. Now comes a group called the Center for Consumer Freedom that opposes the bill, saying reusable bags contain large amounts of lead and are breeding grounds for bacteria.
Tonight, BBC4 is set to air "The Godmother of Rock & Roll," an hour-long documentary look at the life and legacy of Cotton Plant native (and rock legend) Sister Rosetta Tharpe.
RNC Chair Michael Steele, who decided to run for re-election to that post even after it became clear many in his part wished he would not, has dropped out of the running for RNC chair this afternoon after four rounds of voting showed he would not have enough votes to hold on to his post.
Airport director Ron Mathieu wouldn't be specific at the Airport board's finance committee meeting yesterday about a new air service coming into Little Rock.
So says the Daily Beast. Here's their stats:
Gun Owners of America: A+ Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence: 0 out of 100 Press mentions: 139
In his words: “Attempts to undermine your Second Amendment rights come from every angle, including efforts to strip you of your legal rights to carry.
Arkansas Times photographer Brian Chilson and reporter David Koon made trips to Varner and Tucker prisons yesterday to interview the WM3 — Damien Echols, Jessie Misskelley and Jason Baldwin.
To go along with your morning sausage, a story about women farming in Arkansas: Barbara Armstrong of Amstrong Beefalo Farm in El Paso was just interviewed on NPR about women in farming.
In his column today on Gov. Beebe's cautious steering of the ship of state and a Republican lawmaker's expectations that there will be enough fat found in the budget to cut taxes, Brummett notes that an interview he did with Beebe for Roby Brock's Talk Business will be aired at 10 p.m. tonight on Fox 16.
As Republicans gear up to vote on the "Repealing the job-killing health care law act," a new poll shows that although the nation is still split over health care reform - 40 percent support reform while 41 percent say they oppose it - the strength of the opposition is diminishing. Only one in four of those surveyed backed complete repeal of the law.
Roby Brock's Talk Business Quarterly is being sued by Jon Kennedy, a graphic designer who did some work for TBQ until their ageement ended in Dec. 2009. According to Kennedy, Brock continued to use copyrighted designs after Kennedy's departure. Arkansas Business has more details.
Someone broke into the American Civil Liberties Union of Arkansas offices between late Friday night and 3 p.m. Saturday, taking four computers and a small, undisclosed amount of cash, ACLU Executive Director Rita Sklar said Saturday afternoon.
Tonight's events include one radio show in front of a live audience, two Musicians Showcase semi-finalists, one "Bless the Mic" speaker and a whole lot of the hand jive.
A number of House committees will likely vote this morning on whether to live stream their meetings. Revenue and Tax, Judiciary and Public Health committees all meet this morning at 10:00 a.m. There has been - unfathomably - a debate over whether to use live streaming technology that was installed in four committee rooms last year at the cost of over $300,000.
Sarah Palin defends her comments regarding the Arizona shooting. The White House steps up defense of health care reform. And Obama's approval numbers are up.
That southern breakfast-time stapled beloved by many and cursed by Yankees divides diners left and right — draws more arguments for what goes into each steamy bowl.
A spokesperson for the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism says "The State of Arkansas" Facebook page is not affiliated with the state in any way. We wonder who is behind it.
A Fayetteville man was charged with fraud and accessing a computer without authorization after he and another man stole email addresses and other personal information from over 100,000 iPad users.
The Razorbacks' 2011 schedule was released by the UA Athletic Department today. Two Little Rock games again this year: Sept. 10 vs. New Mexico and Nov. 19 against Mississippi State.
The results of the Union Pacific excursion train contest we mentioned a few days back are posted now, and The Little Rock Express won in a squeaker over The Tuscola Turn through Iowa and Illinois — 76,217 votes to 73,175 votes.